DESCRIPTION: This half-day session offers a brief introduction to R, with a focus on data analysis and statistics. We will discuss the following topics: the R interface, primitive data types, lists, vectors, matrices, and data frames - a crucial data type in data analysis and the trademark of the R language. Advanced topics to be covered include: basics statistics and function creation; and the basics of scripting.

TEACHER: Alexey Fedoseev (SciNet, University of Toronto)

LEVEL: Introductory

FORMAT: Lecture + Hands-on

CERTIFICATE: Attendance

PREREQUISITES: Some programming experience in another programming language